Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I just feel so lucky that I'm able to do things that are enriching for me. "
Tavi Gevinson
Me
Just
Able
Related Quotes:
" If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenager, I'll read 'BuzzFeed' on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that. "
Tavi Gevinson
Phone
Me
Book
" The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me. "
Tavi Gevinson
Confident
Feeling
Me
" My to-do list is the only form of organization I have, other than my iCal. It's not all work stuff; it's a lot of movies that I want to watch sooner rather than later. I have a list that's like, 'Read an essay from this book, then this one, then go back to this one.' "
Tavi Gevinson
Organization
Movies
Book
" I've kept a journal since I was 15. And I feel like it's been crucial to who I've become and trying to maintain stuff, a sense of who I am just for myself and not for other people. "
Tavi Gevinson
Feel
Myself
People
" I try not to do anything I don't like, so I stay motivated pretty easily. "
Tavi Gevinson
Anything
Stay
Like
" I'm not exactly in a position where I get to be super-picky about the roles I get. But I would also never want to be a part of something that I think is poor in taste or doesn't align with what I believe in. "
Tavi Gevinson
Poor
Believe
I Believe
" When I was younger, I always liked acting. You know, like, acting locally, or community theater at school. But it's not an especially insured career choice, so I was like, 'It's a hobby. Whatever.' "
Tavi Gevinson
You
Choice
Community
" Having your stuff online - some people think of it as gimmicky, but in a way, it's one of the most pure forms of having your work judged. "
Tavi Gevinson
Work
People
Some People
" I still care a lot about my personal style, and since moving to New York and having a little more control over my own money, I've been able to make my 12-year-old fashion nerd dream comes true. "
Tavi Gevinson
Money
Control
Style
" It's so hard getting rid of something that means something to you, as many of the pieces on our site do for me. "
Tavi Gevinson
Me
Hard
You
" I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater. "
Tavi Gevinson
I Think
Heard
Way
" My anxiety has gotten worse as I've graduated and gotten older, and I still feel like 'Rookie' is a place where I can talk about that, and hopefully someone relates to it. "
Tavi Gevinson
Anxiety
Feel
Someone
" I feel like now fashion is just part of how I think about everything. When I send out a mood board to our contributors every month about our monthly theme, there are photos from our fashion shows, but there are also film stills and album art. "
Tavi Gevinson
Think
Mood
Month
" I really just don't think that teenagers and adults are maybe as different as people think, and so the best roles, to me, are treated like real people and not like these 'crazy kids we don't know what to do with.' "
Tavi Gevinson
Think
Best
Crazy
" I love art, but I don't think I'm especially good at it. Fashion I think I could imagine, but I'm not really sure. I think it's easiest for me to picture myself in music. "
Tavi Gevinson
Music
Think
Love
" I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know? "
Tavi Gevinson
You
Think
Myself
" With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense. "
Tavi Gevinson
Acting
Prove
Way
" When I first watched Bette Davis in 'All About Eve', I was struck by how much I felt that she is Margo Channing and that she's Bette Davis, where she was able to do both, where you're like, 'What an icon.' "
Tavi Gevinson
Like
First
You
" I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage. "
Tavi Gevinson
Everyone
Walk
Short
" If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, and I don't write it down, then I could be at lunch with you, and it's like there's a pile of laundry in my brain that I haven't put away, and I struggle to really listen, so that's always been important to me. "
Tavi Gevinson
Struggle
Me
Lunch
" Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we're all in this boat together. "
Tavi Gevinson
Sometimes
Feel
You
" I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct. "
Tavi Gevinson
Direct
Crazy
Movie
" I so think it's limiting to define an audience ahead of time. This is something I've brought on myself by being like, 'There are no 'real' teen publications! That's what I'll do!' But then it's like, well, if I want 'Rookie' to be successful and popular, then people will invalidate the realness by saying it's popular and mainstream. "
Tavi Gevinson
Ahead
Teen
Think
" Sometimes you want something really serious that makes you feel emotional and makes you think, and sometimes you do just want a pop song. What I love about Taylor Swift is that she offers both. "
Tavi Gevinson
You
She
Song
" There are a lot of distractions when you're in creative industries like publishing or fashion or media, and it's a real blessing to have witnessed some of those up close at a young age. I think when you get past the glamour, that's when you get to the good stuff - the stuff that really feeds your soul and enriches you as a person. "
Tavi Gevinson
Age
Past
Good
" You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them. "
Tavi Gevinson
You
Them
People
" I love the Internet, but I think you have to only use it in the ways that are good for you. I think there's so much speculation that happens. "
Tavi Gevinson
You
Good
Think
" I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself. "
Tavi Gevinson
Want
Feel
Herself
" I feel lucky in that I don't really have to go to college to study something job-specific. I just want to go to learn about what is interesting to me and learn about the classes that you don't really get to take in high school because you have to take the basics. "
Tavi Gevinson
You
School
Me
" That young people don't have valid thoughts about the world because they haven't been alive long enough is sadly a very popular and, frankly, unoriginal sentiment. When I think about that time, I was just responding to the world around me. "
Tavi Gevinson
Time
Think
Me